Web Design Millom

Web design · Millom

Technophobia Ltd works out of Unit 13B on the Devonshire Road Industrial Estate, so when a Millom business needs a website we are not a call centre or an agency three counties away: we are just down the road. Millom grew up around the Hodbarrow iron mines and the ironworks at the mouth of the Duddon, a story the Millom Discovery Centre at the station tells well. Since the works closed, the town has kept going on small firms, family trades, independent shops and a remarkable number of volunteers running clubs, halls and community groups. Those are the people we build for, and we can usually call in the same day.

Community and council websites

A lot of what makes Millom work is run by volunteers and small councils: village halls, sports clubs, churches, heritage groups and the parish and town councils. Their websites have a different job from a shop's. They need to publish minutes and agendas to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard, take hall bookings without a spreadsheet, and be simple enough that whoever takes over the committee next year can still run them. We built the current websites for Millom Town Council and Millom Without Parish Council, and the booking and events platform used by Kirksanton Village Hall, so we know where the volunteer hours go.

We also look for the jobs a computer can do for you: turning a scanned document into an accessible web page, answering the same booking question for the hundredth time, or sending reminders before an event. Our AI automation work in Cumbria covers that side, and at Millom Town Council it already handles the clerk's document publishing. Closer still to home, we are building the Millom app, with live bus and train times for the town.

Just down the road

For most Millom businesses we are a few minutes' drive away. If something needs looking at, or you would rather talk it through over a brew than on a video call, we can usually call in the same day. We photograph your premises, your team and your work ourselves, so the finished site looks like Millom rather than a stock photo library.

The villages around the town are part of the same everyday patch: Haverigg, Kirksanton, Silecroft, The Green, Hallthwaites, Broughton-in-Furness and Bootle. Routine changes and support are handled by phone and email, often the same afternoon.

Built in Millom

You do not have to take our word for it. Our parish and town council websites include Millom Town Council and Millom Without, both built to WCAG 2.2 AA. Kirksanton Village Hall takes bookings for three rooms through a calendar we wrote, and our motorhome booking plugin started life on the Whicham Parish Council aire just up the coast. Total Access Scaffolding, another Millom firm, reaches customers right across Cumbria through the multi-location site we built. For prices and everything else we build, see our web design page.